On Tuesday’s podcast, Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga look at how MLB could approach the idea ... both guys going 9. Innings and allowing two hits each. That’s not going to happen.

The Detroit Tigers have four relievers locked into their eight-man bullpen on the 2025 Opening Day roster, which leaves ...

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has downplayed the possibility of the league implementing minimum inning requirements for starting pitchers. Instead, he suggested that the league ...

Starters averaged just over five innings per game during the 2024 season, a number that has steadily decreased over the last decade. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred was once in favor of the idea but ...

Major League Baseball misses the days when starting pitchers would regularly pitch deep into games, but the league isn’t going to use an innings requirement ... too common. MLB has recently ...

Rob Manfred acknowledged that MLB needs to improve its marketing of the game through the starting pitcher. As for a minimum innings rule: “It’s just too blunt an instrument to fix this problem.” ...

In ‘12, his first year as a starter, the 23-year-old Sale had a 3.05 ERA, a 1.135 WHIP, and 9.0 strikeout per nine innings. Last season, Crochet’s first as a starter after throwing just 12⅔ ...